Obama claimed the government is currently the least corrupt it’s ever been (in 2026)

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What we can confirm

Contemporary reporting confirms that Barack Obama said the federal government is "so much less corrupt than probably it's ever been" regarding pure bribes, patronage, and favors. The claim is therefore substantially accurate as a report of what Obama said, though it simplifies his qualification and does not establish that the government is objectively the least corrupt by every measure.